C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1417391 Composed by Alan Galbraith, Andrew Mckay, Benny Trowell, and Mark Matthews. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Country,Pop,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #998938. Published by John Fries (A0.1417391). TYPE JOHN FRIES IN THE SEARCH BAR TO SEE ALL I HAVE TO OFFER. Thanks, John. Sixteen Tons is a song written by Merle Travis about a coal miner, based on life in the mines of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. The line another day older and deeper in debt from the chorus came from a letter written by Travis's brother John. This and the line I owe my soul to the company store are a reference to the trucking system and to debt bondage. Under this scrip system, workers were not paid cash; rather they were paid with non-transferable credit vouchers that could be exchanged only for goods sold at the company store. This made it impossible for workers to store up cash savings.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1365634 By Keno Mapp. By Lisa Coleman, Mark Brown, Matthew Fink, Prince Rogers Nelson, Robert Rivkin, and Wendy Melvoin. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Broadway,Film/TV,Musical/Show,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #949971. Published by John Fries (A0.1365634). TYPE JOHN FRIES IN THE SEARCH BAR TO SEE ALL I HAVE TO OFFER! The original 1957 Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Robbins, marked Sondheim's Broadway debut. It ran for 732 performances before going on tour. The production was nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, in 1958, winning two. The show had an even longer-running West End production, a number of revivals, and international productions. A 1961 musical film adaptation, co-directed by Robert Wise and Robbins, was nominated for eleven Academy Awards and won ten, including Best Picture.